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Trump sues Des Moines Register, pollster for 'election interference' after pre-election poll

Dec. 17, 2024 16:27 PM EST

President-elect Donald Trump sued the Des Moines Register and its pollster for “brazen election interference” in publishing a survey the weekend before the election that showed Democrat Kamala Harris with a surprising lead of three percentage points in the state. The Register's...

Drone detectors in New Jersey have found 'little or no evidence' of wrongdoing, governor says

Dec. 16, 2024 18:27 PM EST

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Drone-detecting devices deployed in New Jersey in the past week have found “little to no evidence” of anything nefarious or threatening, Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday as calls grew for action to address the mysterious nighttime sightings of suspected unmanned flights...

Trump weighs in on NY mayor, vaccines and drones in freewheeling press conference at Mar-a-Lago

Dec. 16, 2024 17:51 PM EST

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — In a freewheeling press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club, President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams, declared the country was “not going to lose" the polio vaccine and weighed in on the flurry of drone...

Journalists anticipate a renewed hostility toward their work under the incoming Trump administration

Dec. 16, 2024 15:49 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — For the press heading into a second Trump administration, there's a balancing act between being prepared and being fearful. The return to power of Donald Trump, who has called journalists enemies and talked about retribution against those he feels have wronged him,...

US agencies should use advanced technology to identify mysterious drones, Schumer says

Dec. 15, 2024 19:12 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) — After weeks of fear and bewilderment about the drones buzzing over parts of New York and New Jersey, elected officials are urging action to identify and stop the mysterious flights. “There’s a lot of us who are pretty frustrated right now,” Rep. Jim Himes,...

ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump's presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit

Dec. 14, 2024 21:23 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos' inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll. ...